Welcome to the heartbeat. Take a seat. The Davis family living room in their White Plains, N.Y., home is, in many ways, ordinary. Two well-worn, cream-colored sofas directly across from each other. A circular coffee table between them. Floor-to-ceiling bay windows, with decorative candles on the ledge. And the soundtrack to it all? Usually, barking,…
Football coverage is a divisive subject. Some think the standard of punditry is great, others will tell you it needs some work and some will deride it as awful. The analysis of the analysis never ends. This week, The Athletic is looking more closely at the state of the industry, starting with yesterday’s piece assessing what…
MALAGA, Spain — Sara Errani stands at the baseline and exhales deeply. She is about to hit a second serve, with Italy up match point against Poland. A place in the Billie Jean King Cup final is at stake. So Errani does what she has done many, many times before: she hits an underarm serve….
MALAGA – As Rafael Nadal prepared to serve in what turned out to be the last tennis match of his career, a woman’s voice broke the silence from the stands: “You make Spain proud!” Not long after that, Nadal was wiping away tears from his face and waving goodbye to his fans. His farewell from…
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) drives to the basket as New Orleans Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III (25) defends in the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (Tony Gutierrez, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) DALLAS – Luka Doncic has a…
NEW YORK – Shohei Ohtani is expected to win his third Most Valuable Player Award and first in the National League, and Aaron Judge is likely to earn his second AL honor when the Baseball Writers’ Association announces its balloting Thursday. Ohtani was unanimously voted the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 as a two-way…
Chiefs president Mark Donovan was quick to put an authentic sticker on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship when he was asked about her impact on the growth of the team’s fan base. During a Wednesday appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Donovan declared that the couple’s romance is completely legitimate even if it’s paid dividends…
A Florida man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Netflix over the poor streaming quality that affected millions during the widely viewed boxing match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTube personality Jake Paul on Friday night. Ronald “Blue” Denton, a resident of Hillsborough County, Florida, alleged that the streaming giant was guilty of…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for Zachary Ruderman. He’s the 10-year-old Dodgers fan who ended up with one of the most significant baseballs in team history — the one his favorite player, first baseman Freddie Freeman, hit for a walk-off grand slam during the 10th inning in Game 1 of the 2024…
NEW YORK – New York City FC’s $780 million, 25,000-seat venue that it intends to open next to the Mets’ Citi Field in 2027 will be named Etihad Park under a 20-year agreement announced Thursday with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The Major League Soccer team’s controlling owner is City…
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